Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: HANNIBAL (247-183 B.C.)
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HANNIBAL, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Was there ever a cause too lost
Last Line: For the generous tears of youth and song?
Subject(s): Hannibal (247-183 B.c.)


HANNIBAL CROSSED THE ALPS, BUT I CAN'T GET OVER YOU, by DAVID KELLER    Poem Source                    
First Line: When the marriage broke, as a fever
Last Line: The doors clanged shut and the museum guards came
Subject(s): Hannibal (247-183 B.c.)


HANNIBAL'S OATH, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And the night was dark and calm
Last Line: How that oath of hate was kept.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Hannibal (247-183 B.c.); Hate


PUNICA: HANNIBAL'S PASSAGE OF THE ALPS, by TIBERIUS CATIUS ASCONIUS SILIUS ITALICUS    Poem Source                    
First Line: But now, the o'erhanging alps ... Near
Subject(s): Alps; Hannibal (247-183 B.c.); Mountains; Punic Wars (carthage And Rome)


PUNICA: JUNO CHOOSES TO OPPOSE ROME, by TIBERIUS CATIUS ASCONIUS SILIUS ITALICUS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Again she arms prepares: one captain may
Last Line: To wag, and beat with rage the empty air
Subject(s): Hannibal (247-183 B.c.); Punic Wars (carthage And Rome)


WHEN HANNIBAL CROSSED THE ALPS, by ELEANOR FARJEON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hannibal crossed the alps!
Subject(s): Hannibal (247-183 B.c.)